Ansel Adams

(American, 1902–1984)

Ansel Adams was an iconic American photographer known for his awe-inspiring black-and-white photographs of the American West. Carefully composed and technically precise, the artist’s picturesque images of Yosemite National Park are some of the most iconic works in the history of the medium. “Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space,” he once mused. “I know of no sculpture, painting, or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters.” Born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, CA, the artist trained as a concert pianist before turning to photography in 1930. Along with Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, Adams formed Group f/64 with the goal of elevating photography to a high art at a time when it was only considered a form of documentation. A committed environmentalist, he traveled throughout the country to capture the grandeur of natural sites. Adams died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey, CA at the age of 82. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, among others.

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Ansel Adams (6,417 results)
Selected works from the Sierra Club..., 1930–1939

Ansel Adams

Selected works from the Sierra Club..., 1930–1939

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The Golden Gate before the bridge, 1932

Ansel Adams

The Golden Gate before the bridge, 1932

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Old church at Ranchos de Taos, 1929

Ansel Adams

Old church at Ranchos de Taos, 1929

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River, cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, 1939

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River, cliffs, Autumn, Yosemite Valley, 1939

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Landscape, 1929

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Landscape, 1929

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Yosemite Valley, Summer, 1935

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Yosemite Valley, Summer, 1935

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White post and Spandrel, Columbia, California, 1953

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White post and Spandrel, Columbia, California, 1953

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Rice fields, Northern California, 1966

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Rice fields, Northern California, 1966

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Rock detail, Point Lobos, 1969

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Rock detail, Point Lobos, 1969

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Aspens, Dawn, Delores River Canyon, Colorado, 1937

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Aspens, Dawn, Delores River Canyon, Colorado, 1937

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome, 1927

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Monolith, the face of Half Dome, 1927

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Eagle peak, 1925

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Eagle peak, 1925

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Portait- Carolyn Anspacher, 1933

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Portait- Carolyn Anspacher, 1933

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941

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Metamorphic rock, the Sierra foothills,..., 1945

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Metamorphic rock, the Sierra foothills,..., 1945

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Point Sur, California, 1960–1969

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Point Sur, California, 1960–1969

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Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San..., 1961

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Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San..., 1961

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Paul Masson Vineyards, Saratoga,..., 1958–1958

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Paul Masson Vineyards, Saratoga,..., 1958–1958

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Taos pueblo, 1930

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Taos pueblo, 1930

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Cascade Pass, Washington, 1958

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Cascade Pass, Washington, 1958

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Arches, North Coast, Mission San Xavier del..., 1968

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Arches, North Coast, Mission San Xavier del..., 1968

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Big tree, winter, Mariposa Grove,..., 1935–1940

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Big tree, winter, Mariposa Grove,..., 1935–1940

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Man feeding chickens: Manzanita, 1940

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Man feeding chickens: Manzanita, 1940

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Rocks on river, 1950–1959

Ansel Adams

Rocks on river, 1950–1959

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